Addison Barnes-pettit leads a balanced attack to beat North Decatur

By Team Reports Feb 23, 2024, 5:46am

Recap: Greensburg Pirates vs. North Decatur Chargers

Even though the North Decatur Chargers scored an imposing 57 points on Tuesday, the Greensburg Pirates still came out on top. Greensburg secured a 63-57 W over North Decatur. Given Greensburg's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 95th, while North Decatur is ranked 217th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Greensburg's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Addison Barnes-pettit, who scored 24 points along with two steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Barnes-pettit has scored all season. Justin Adkins was another key contributor, scoring 15 points along with five rebounds and two blocks.

Despite the loss, North Decatur still got an impressive performance from Kaden Muckerheide, who scored 30 points along with two steals. That was a full 52.6% of North Decatur's points, marking the fifth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brady Mauer, who scored 13 points.

Greensburg has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for North Decatur, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-10.

Greensburg will be playing at home against East Central at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. East Central is coming into the contest with six straight wins on the road, so Greensburg will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. As for North Decatur, they will take on Rushville at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Rushville focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 16 on Tuesday.

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